Acharya J B Kripalani (1888-1982)

• J B Kripalani was a Gandhian socialist, environmentalist, mystic and independence activist.

• Kripalani moved the first-ever No confidence motion on the floor of the Lok Sabha in August 1963, against the government immediately after the defeat in India-China War.

• J B Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947. 

• Kripalani left the Congress and became one of the founders of the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.

• He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952, 1957, 1963 and 1967 as a member of Praja Socialist Party.

•  His wife Sucheta Kripalani first female Chief Minister in India. She was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967.

• In the 1982 film Gandhi by Richard Attenborough, J.B. Kripalani was played by Indian actor Anang Desai.